Tank for traction-engines.



No. 818,217. PATEN'I'ED 211.17, 1906. a. A, ANDERSON.

TANK FOR TRACTION ENGINES.

APPLIGATIOS FILED 110?.18. 1905.

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[NVENTOR WITNESSES:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTAF ARVID ANDERSON, OF WAYNESBORO, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE GEISER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF WAYNESBORO, PENN- SYLVANIA.

TANK FOH TRACTION-ENGINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 1 7, 1906.

Application filed November 18, 1905. Serial No. 202,033.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUSTAF Anvil) ANDER- SON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Waynesboro, in the county of Franklin and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tanks for Traction-Engines and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it ap pertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to water-supply tanks for traction-engines and it consists in the novel construction and combination of the parts whereby the water-tanks are sup ported at the rear part of the traction-en ine close behind and partially over the tractionwho els.

V In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of the rear part of a traction-engine provided with water-tanks according to this invention. Fig. 9 is a plan view of the same.

A is the fire-box end portion of the boiler of a traction-engine of any approved construction.

B represents two frames secured to the sides of the boiler at its rear end.

C re resents the traction-wheels mounted on a s aft or axle c, which is journaledin bearings b, secured to the said frames.

D is a tubular beam which is supported behind the traction-wheels at a convenient height above the ground. This beam is en ported by means of bars E and braces g These bars and braces are secured to the "rames B at one end and at the other end are )I'OVlCl8(i with suitable fastening devices, vhich secure them to the tubular beam. The oraoes are inclined, and their upper ends are secured to the middle parts of the frames above the said bars.

F represents braces between the middle part of the tubular beam and the said frames, and f is a draft attachment for the tractionengine connected to the tubular beams in rent of the braces F.

G represents two similar water-tanks the upper portions of which are rectangular. '1 e lower front side 9 of each tank is curved to conform with the outline of the tractionwhcel in front of it. The bottom it of the tank is narrow and rounded, and the lower portion of the rear side of the tank is in clined, so that it is substantially at a tangent to the periphery of the traction-wheel.

H represents brackets arranged between the tubular beam and the bottom of the water tank. These brackets have rounded seats which fit against the beam and the tank bottom.

I represents braces between the tanks and the frames B. The front ends of these braces are secured to the frames at any convenient points, and their rear ends engage with rackets i, which are secured to the two adjacent sides of the two tanks.

The two tanks project part1 over the rear portions of the two traction-w eels, and they afford room for a large supply of water. When the tanks are constructed and supported in this manner, they do not occupy too much s ace and do not overbalance the frontend 01 the engine.

The water-tanks are preferably made of thin sheet-iron riveted to angle-irons in the usual manner of making tanks. These tanks permit the tractionon inc to be provided with a short driving-plat orrn, and the tanks can be made of any desired capacity by extending their rear portions. For the purpose of arranging the tanks to the best advantage the center of gravity of the said tanks is arran ed a little to the rear of the vertical center ine of the beam D when the traction-englue is on level ground.

What I claim is 1. The combination, with a boiler and traction-wheels, of a beam supported from the said boiler and arranged crosswise at the rear of the said wheels, and two tanks supported by the end portions of the said beam and provided with upwardly and forwardly extended front portions which project part way over the said wheels.

2. The combination, with the boiler and traction-wheels of a traction-engine, of a beam supported from the said boiler and arranged crosswise at the rear of the said wheels, and two tanks supported by the said beam, each said tank havin a rectangular upper part, a narrow rounder bottom, an inc med portion at the lower part of its rear side, and a curved portion at the lower part of its front side which extends part way over the traction-Wheel in front of it.

3. The combination, with the boiler and traction-wheels of a traction-engine, of a beam supported from the said boiler and arranged crosswise at the rear of the said wheels, two tanks supported by the said beam and provided with upwardly and forwardly extended front portions which roject part way over the said wheels, brac ets secured to the adjacent sides of the said tanks, and braces secured to the said brackets at one end and connected with the boiler at the other end.

4. The combination, with a boiler and traction-wheels, of a beam supported from the said boiler and arranged crosswise at the rear of the said wheels, and two tanks supported by the end portions of the said beam and arranged with their centers of gravity normally to the rear of the center of gravity of the said beam.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my 20 signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GUSTAF ARVID ANDERSON.

Witnesses:

WM. G. EPPLEY, DANIEL S. BEARD. 

